Are puppet urls still not supported on windows for Package?

The source parameter is required, and
must refer to a local .msi file, a
file from a mapped drive, or a UNC
path. You can distribute packages as
file resources. Puppet URLs are not
currently supported for the package
type’s source attribute.

Is this still the case with the latest puppet? If I don't want to use a FULL path to an installer do I have any other options? I'd still like to put the installer in the files directory, but it would be nice if ...(more)